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Greinke expected to miss start with strained calf

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke throws during spring training baseball practice in Glendale, Ariz. It wouldn't bother Zack Greinke if he didn't have to travel for the Los Angeles Dodgers; opener against Arizona in Australia. "I would say there is absolutely zero excitement about it," was quoted as saying in a story by ESPNLosAngeles.com last weekend. "There just isn't any excitement to it. I can't think of one reason to be excited for it." (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

February 28, 2014, 7:27 pm

Associated Press

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke is expected to miss his next scheduled start in spring training because of a strained right calf.

Greinke was hurt Thursday while throwing only four pitches against Arizona.

Greinke had been scheduled to start again on Tuesday against Seattle.

"As of right now, it doesn't look like he's going to make that," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said Friday.

Greinke, the Dodgers' No. 2 starter, underwent treatment and also played catch.

The right-hander had been scheduled to throw a bullpen session Saturday. Mattingly said the bullpen work probably won't happen until he's confident that there's no chance of Greinke suffering further injury to the calf.

"It looks like we'll hold off on that," Mattingly said. "He'll probably play catch again. Obviously, we're going to be on the cautious side of things. If he wasn't feeling anything and felt totally comfortable, he'd throw his `pen tomorrow. Obviously, there's feeling in there."

Greinke didn't comment Friday about the condition of his calf. After he left the mound Thursday, the Dodgers medical staff said the strain was minor.

Greinke wore a sleeve on the calf Friday. He walked around the clubhouse without a limp.

It still wasn't clear how the injury will affect Greinke's availability for the Dodgers' two games in a season-opening series in Australia on March 22-23 against Arizona.

"I don't think it necessarily rules him out of Australia at this point," Mattingly said.